Page 11: Historical Events In 1976
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Sep 01 NASA launches space vehicle S-197. 


Sep 01 Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), steps down (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) 


Sep 03 The unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth. 


Sep 03 The US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars. 


Sep 05 A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies 


Sep 06 Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US. 


Sep 07 US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine) 


Sep 08 Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83 


Sep 09 Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung dies in Beijing at age 82. 


Sep 09 Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82. 


Sep 10 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, results in the deaths of all 176 aboard. 


Sep 10 Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 


Sep 11 Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93. 


Sep 13 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s). 


Sep 15 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days 


Sep 16 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop. 


Sep 20 In this year, Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women 


Sep 20 Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83 


Sep 20 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion. 


Sep 21 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies. 


Sep 23 Ford-Carter TV debate. 


Sep 23 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth 


Sep 24 Bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54. 


Sep 24 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter 


Sep 24 Rhodesia accepts an American and British plan for majority rule 


Sep 25 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park. 


Sep 28 Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium. 


Sep 30 Louis Fourestier, composer, dies at 84 


Oct 04 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz steps down due to telling a racial joke. 


Oct 04 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 


Oct 04 TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the inaugural time 


Oct 05 Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46 


Oct 06 John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50600 miles 


Oct 06 Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 


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